Spain agrees to a €100 billion rescue deal, MEPs and the Council are at odds over Schengen controls, and the EP sends envoys to monitor Tymoshenko appeal.

Bail-out for Spanish banks / Schengen discord / Ukraine

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Spanish banks, suffocated  by their exposure to the property market,

could get €100 billion of European aid,  but will it be enough?

Spanish ruling party MPs are optimistic.

It's a formula which is well suited to the  needs that Spain has in the financial sector.

Affected by austerity, unemployment  and a banking system about to collapse,

Spain accepted an unprecedented rescue  plan limited to its banks on Saturday.

There had been an urgent need to act  before Greece votes in elections

which are likely to lead  to uncertainty.

Relations between the EP and the Council  of Ministers have been strained

by the 27 Member States'  unilateral decision

to temporarily reinstate border controls  in the Schengen area.

For this Civil Liberties Committee member,  accepting this is out of the question.

It's not possible as freedom of movement  is a characteristic of European citizenship.

It's a right that all citizens  must and can demand.

The EP, which had not been consulted,  condemns the moves to sidestep it

and calls for a debate during the plenary  now being held in Strasbourg.

A visit to Ukraine in an attempt to spur  progress on the Tymoshenko case

and Aleksander Kwaśniewski,  former President of Poland,

met President Yanukovych  in Kiev on Monday.

The international community has criticised  the imprisonment and treatment

and the European countries  refuse to take more steps

towards Ukraine's accession to the EU  before the situation has changed.

A court decision on whether the conviction  will be upheld should be made on 26 June,

just before the end of Euro 2012, which is  being hosted by Poland and Ukraine.